Sunday, March 4, 2012

Striped Sherbet Sundress

I almost called this piece "Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy" sundress; partly because of it's lemony yellow color, but mostly because it is an easy design that works up pretty quickly. This dress is mostly worked in one piece (with the ruffle added on) and it has very little shaping. I was able to use three colors pretty simply by carrying thread along sides of piece and then working over the thread when working the edging. I think it turned out really pretty for being such a simple design :-)

Materials

Size 10 thread pink (Color A)

Size 10 thread in green (Color B)

Size 10 thread in yellow (Color C)

Size 6 (1.8 mm) steel hook

2 sew on snaps

Gauge

10 sc = one inch, 10 sc rows = one inch

Directions

NOTE: Carry thread along sides until specified to cut or fasten off.﻿

SKIRT PART OF DRESS:

Row 1: With pink (color A), ch 35, sc in back ridge of 2nd ch from hook and in back ridge of each ch across, changing to green (color B) in last st, turn. (34 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in BACK LOOPS ONLY of each st across, changing to yellow (color C) in last st, turn. (34 sts)

Rows 3-20: Ch 1, sc in BACK LOOPS ONLY of each st across, changing color to follow color sequence in last st, turn. (34 sts)

Note: Remember to cover (work over) carried thread while working the edging.

Still working with yellow, ch 1, sc in end of each row of non-pointed edge of skirt, now holding wrong sides of skirt tog, carefully matching sts, sc first 25 sts of back seam tog, now working only in row 1 (pink side of back opening), sl st in next 9 sts (back opening). Do not fasten off.

TOP PART OF DRESS:

Row 1: Ch 1, sc in end of each row along top of dress, working 3 sc in center point in front (row 26), turn. (53 sts)

Row 9. Ch 1, sc in first 20 sts, (sc dec over next 2 sts) 3 times, sc in next st, ch 21, sc in back ridge of 2nd ch from hook and in back ridge of next 19 chs, sl st in next st (first tie made), ch 21, sc in back ridge of 2nd ch from hook and in back ridge of next 19 chs, sc in next st (second tie made), (sc dec over next 2 sts) 3 times, sc in last 20 sts. Fasten off.

RUFFLE:

Join yellow with sl st in any st at bottom of dress, ch 3 (counts as tr), tr in same st as ch 3, 2 tr in each st around, join to top of beg ch 3. Fasten off.

FINISHING:

Sew 2 snaps evenly spaced down back opening of dress. I had to overlap the snap quite a bit at the waist to make a more fitted look.

WOW, I love your blog! It's very cool. I'm a young girl who loves to crochet and play with Barbies, and my mom found this and showed it to me. If you know of any young girls that would enjoy another girl's blog, here are my links: http://www.every-day-me.blogspot.com/http://girlzglowing4god.blogspot.com/

Thank you Kristie,The only young girl in my life is my daughter who is 16. She also likes Barbies, crocheting, christian music and her favorite t.v. show is "I Love Lucy". She also has a calico cat named Tinkerbell. I will ask her is she would like to check your blogs out.

No, no, there's no problem MCEA. I have just been busy with baby items for numerous births in our family lately. Plus, I might be just a wee bit addicted to facebook games,lol. I am working on something new as we speak, so check back in about 5 days. Thanks for following my blog :-)

So excited to see these. My daughter is just starting to get into Barbie, so this will give her dolls something fun to wear, I might even let her embellish them with sequins etc. Glad to have found your blog! From one crocheter to another, cheers!Kristiknottyknotty.blogspot.com

Hi Kristi,It's always fun to meet another person who shares my passion for crochet. I am sure your daughter will have tons of fun embellishing the clothes you make as that will make the creations her own :-)

I love your blog, thank you for sharing so generously. I think I am going to try this pattern, never crocheted for Barbie before (mainly because nobody has patterns for the new body type) but it sounds like fun.

Wow!! I just looked in my daughter's issue of interweave and you are correct. I do take inspiration from ready made clothes sometimes, but I thought this dress was totally my brain-child!! I guess great minds think alike :-)